Former sex trade worker fighting trafficking in oil patch

Eric Gay

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2:45 pm EDT, Sunday, March 8, 2015

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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - In this Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014 photo, Windie Lazenko, with the anti-trafficking group 4her North Dakota, stands for a photo in Williston, N.D. Though her past gives her credibility with trafficked women, Lazenko says getting them to walk away is difficult. "We're often working against years of abuse," she says. "When these girls buy into their lives, their minds are made up. The rescue mentality really doesn't work. They don't even consider themselves victims." (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - In this Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014 photo, Windie Lazenko, with the anti-trafficking group 4her North Dakota, stands for a photo in Williston, N.D. Though her

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - In this Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014 photo, Windie Lazenko, with the anti-trafficking group 4her North Dakota, stands for a photo in Williston, N.D. Though her past gives her credibility with trafficked women, Lazenko says getting them to walk away is difficult. "We're often working against years of abuse," she says. "When these girls buy into their lives, their minds are made up. The rescue mentality really doesn't work. They don't even consider themselves victims." (AP Photo/Eric Gay)